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The US and Uganda just locked in a five-year deal worth $2.3 billion to prop up health services across the country, with Washington kicking in $1.7 billion and Kampala promising to add over $500 million. Finance minister Matia Kasaija and Ambassador William W. Popp both signed off on the...

Rebels from the M23 movement grabbed control of Uvira after weeks of fighting that left 74 people dead and pushed over 200,000 residents out of South Kivu Province into neighboring countries. The UN said 83 more got injured while combat spread through a dozen towns before M23 spokesperson...

Uganda's lawmakers admitted they have zero clue how the biometric voting machines work just weeks before the election, and opposition leader Joel Ssenyonyi called out the whole mess after the Electoral Commission asked for nearly half a trillion shillings to build thousands of new polling...

Uganda runs on over 100,000 private security guards who outnumber cops in some cities, but the industry is basically held together with duct tape and hope. Grace Matsiko from the Uganda Private Security Association told a conference at Protea hotel that most guards get maybe a few days of...

Child rights groups in Uganda told politicians to stop dragging kids into campaign events because the whole thing keeps putting them in danger during rallies and roadshows. Joseph Biribonwa from the National Initiative for Civic Education said everyone, from parents to media outlets, needs to...

A Ugandan college student named Maria Nankya got harassed online after posting photos, and the whole thing escalated from rude comments to sexual threats, hitting her email inbox. Research from Twaweza dropped last week showing that nine out of ten African women who use the internet report...

Three Tanzanian reporters got killed during election protests, and journalist Maneno Selanyika's family had to hold his funeral without finding his body after checking hospitals and morgues. Master Tindwa Mtopa from Clouds Media got shot at his house in Dar es Salaam, while Baraka FM's Kelvin...

The UN dropped this Pact for the Future thing that basically lets America rig international governance through a bunch of sketchy structural changes. US lobbyists helped write the documents, and the whole setup expands Security Council seats while creating new bodies like the Earth System...

Zimbabwe is dumping 46,500 people onto Lenacapavir next month, which is this twice-a-year shot that keeps HIV away without needing daily pills. Getrude Ncube from the national prevention crew said they picked districts like Bulawayo, Gweru, and Harare based on where new infections keep spiking...

Vice President Chiwenga's wife just hit the final level of Catholic Church membership at some ceremony in Harare, and a priest named Tryvis Moyo said the whole family is basically nailing the faith thing. Miniyothabo Chiwenga finished the Marian Guild program while her husband and their five...

Zimbabwe's government dropped some scary numbers about the upcoming rainy season, saying a quarter million people could get hammered by cyclone flooding and flash floods. Daniel Garwe from Local Government told the cabinet that over a thousand schools and five thousand homes are sitting in...

Zimbabwe's finance minister told parliament that government workers are getting pay bumps during the first three months of next year, and those raises will eat up most of the unallocated reserve cash that lawmakers thought was sitting around. Mthuli Ncube said the salary adjustments are based on...

Albert Mhlanga, who used to rep Pumula for the opposition MDC, joined Zanu-PF and told everyone he is not a sellout because President Mnangagwa is actually doing the stuff the opposition wanted all along. The former Bulawayo deputy mayor switched parties with another ex-legislator named...

Zimbabwe's karate squad grabbed three bronze medals at the African Youth Games in Angola, and coach Winston Nyanhete said the kids are heading the right way but need way more competition to keep leveling up. Bradley Kadzombe snagged bronze in the boys kumite division over 76kg, while Rumbidzai...

A Bulawayo dude from Emakhandeni got six months in jail after racking up four hundred bucks in unpaid child support, though half the sentence got suspended if he pays what he owes and keeps his nose clean. Melvin Khumalo admitted he ghosted the court-ordered hundred dollars monthly that was...

Zimbabwe's hotel people are telling everyone in the business to get their backup power sorted because tourists are about to flood the country for the holidays. Emmah Kativu, who runs the Hospitality Association and works at Coghlan Hospitality Group, said bookings look solid, and most visitors...

A guy from Gwabalanda in Bulawayo got slapped with nine months behind bars after admitting he climbed through somebody's window and walked off with their TV. Prince Sibanda, who is 21, pleaded guilty to breaking into Mbonisi Makore's place in Magwegwe Extension and swiping a 72-inch Hisense set...

Zimbabwe's health minister says the government finished upgrading student nurse housing at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, and the place went from holding 40 people to fitting 353 after getting new plumbing, solar panels, and a renovated pool. Douglas Mombeshora told reporters that Mbuya...

Zimbabwe's consumer watchdog is telling shoppers to watch their backs this holiday season because sketchy contracts are everywhere. The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe says businesses are pushing agreements loaded with hidden fees, surprise price changes, and clauses that basically let companies do...

Meikles Limited chairman Fayaz King said the company got beat up during six months of weak consumer spending and sky-high operational expenses, but their spread across different business sectors is setting them up for a comeback by year's end. The hospitality wing basically carried the whole...